A Few Things That Have Improved The Quality Of My Life

Getting it together after the summer.

No matter how many years it’s been since I had a summer “break” (or, honestly, now that I have kids, since I thought of summer and didn’t also think “logistical clusterfuck” or “lack of childcare” in the same beat), I still get a back to school feeling for myself and have a very strong urge to get my shit together at the beginning of September. I have a lot going on. I had a lot going on all summer, and like I said, during the summer the irregular schedules and unstructured time made it very challenging to give the plates I’m spinning their proper attention.

Now that my kids are blessedly back to school, I have the mental space to get back to work wholeheartedly, and am happily doing all the related bits of housekeeping that go along with having time to myself again. I’m only one week in (and my kids already have a day and a half off of school this week if you can believe it), but my ducks are lining up and I’m feeling all shiny and new and motivated and excellent. I’m getting ready to…